Bengal Train Attack

Criticising the West Bengal government for the two successive attacks on the Vande Bharat Express train in the state, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury here today said such incidents prove that administration is "good for nothing."

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has finally ended her silence on the "Corona Express" remark which BJP's Amit Shah attributed to her during his virtual rally two days ago. The coinage, which targeted the special trains for migrant labourers, would bring about her political downfall, he said.

The name "Corona Express"given by Mamata Banerjee to migrant trains will become her "exit route" from Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah said today, attacking the Chief Minister in a virtual rally.

Bengal will bear the entire cost of movement of migrant workers by special trains from other states, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said this evening, adding that "no migrant will be charged". The announcement comes amid repeated attacks by the central government as Bengal was accused of not offering expected support for return of migrants stranded...

A man has died in West Bengal after he was allegedly beaten up by a jawan of the Railway Police Force or RPF at the Behrampore railway station this morning.

One person has been arrested in connection with the beheading of a man by a group of assailants in a crowded compartment of a train in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday when the Katwa-Azimgunj Passenger train was entering Bazarsau station in Murshidabad district. A group of assailants atta...

Police have arrested Maoist leader Bapi Mahato, the main accused in the Jnaneshwari Express train attack in which over 148 people were killed.A section of the track was removed, a train headed to Mumbai derailed in Jhargram in West Midnapore, and was then hit by another train on May 28. This is the fourth arrest in the case. The Central Bureau...

The CBI is offering one lakh for information that could help locate three people it has accused of the West Bengal train attack last month in which 148 people died.A section of the track was removed, a train headed to Mumbai derailed in Jhargram in West Midnapore, and was then hit by another train.  The CBI says three members of the People's C...

The police seized a pickup van, claimed to have been used to ferry men who sabotaged the railway tracks leading to the Jnaneswari Express derailment.The husband of the vehicle owner was arrested and remanded in police custody for 10 days, CID sources said today.The van was registered in the name of Chhabi Mahato, a former CPM panchayat member of Sa...

It's what Mamata Banerjee has been demanding. Sources say the West Bengal government has agreed to a CBI investigation into last week's train accident in which close to 150 people were killed in Midnapore when a train headed to Mumbai derailed.

Both the Home Ministry and the West Bengal police have blamed the Maoists for the train disaster in Midnapore. The Maoists have denied any role in the tragic incident.

It's a move that could become the latest stress test of the tense relationship between the Congress and key ally, Mamata Banerjee. At a press conference in Delhi, Home Minister P Chidambaram said that early leads suggest the Maoists were behind Friday's train tragedy in which more than 140 people were killed after a train derailed in the Midnapore ...

Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that "the needle of suspicion in the attack on the Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal points to the CPI-Maoists or a front organization for the CPI-Maoists."Last week, more than 140 passengers were killed in West Midnapore when the Gyaneshwari Express headed to Mumbai derailed about 135 kms from Kolkata. The Gya...

A young couple from Nagpur, who were returning by the ill-fated Gyaneshwari Express after a honeymoon vacation to Darjeeling, are yet to be traced.Amit Gajbhiye, an employee at a private firm, and his wife Anita, a school teacher, were among the passengers who boarded the Kurla-bound train at Howrah station.Both had spoken to their parents before l...

The toll in the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailment rose to over 148 today as more bodies were pulled out from the wreckage of the mangled coaches.

Criticising the West Bengal government for the two successive attacks on the Vande Bharat Express train in the state, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury here today said such incidents prove that administration is "good for nothing."

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has finally ended her silence on the "Corona Express" remark which BJP's Amit Shah attributed to her during his virtual rally two days ago. The coinage, which targeted the special trains for migrant labourers, would bring about her political downfall, he said.

The name "Corona Express"given by Mamata Banerjee to migrant trains will become her "exit route" from Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah said today, attacking the Chief Minister in a virtual rally.

Bengal will bear the entire cost of movement of migrant workers by special trains from other states, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said this evening, adding that "no migrant will be charged". The announcement comes amid repeated attacks by the central government as Bengal was accused of not offering expected support for return of migrants stranded...

A man has died in West Bengal after he was allegedly beaten up by a jawan of the Railway Police Force or RPF at the Behrampore railway station this morning.

One person has been arrested in connection with the beheading of a man by a group of assailants in a crowded compartment of a train in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday when the Katwa-Azimgunj Passenger train was entering Bazarsau station in Murshidabad district. A group of assailants atta...

Police have arrested Maoist leader Bapi Mahato, the main accused in the Jnaneshwari Express train attack in which over 148 people were killed.A section of the track was removed, a train headed to Mumbai derailed in Jhargram in West Midnapore, and was then hit by another train on May 28. This is the fourth arrest in the case. The Central Bureau...

The CBI is offering one lakh for information that could help locate three people it has accused of the West Bengal train attack last month in which 148 people died.A section of the track was removed, a train headed to Mumbai derailed in Jhargram in West Midnapore, and was then hit by another train.  The CBI says three members of the People's C...

The police seized a pickup van, claimed to have been used to ferry men who sabotaged the railway tracks leading to the Jnaneswari Express derailment.The husband of the vehicle owner was arrested and remanded in police custody for 10 days, CID sources said today.The van was registered in the name of Chhabi Mahato, a former CPM panchayat member of Sa...

It's what Mamata Banerjee has been demanding. Sources say the West Bengal government has agreed to a CBI investigation into last week's train accident in which close to 150 people were killed in Midnapore when a train headed to Mumbai derailed.

Both the Home Ministry and the West Bengal police have blamed the Maoists for the train disaster in Midnapore. The Maoists have denied any role in the tragic incident.

It's a move that could become the latest stress test of the tense relationship between the Congress and key ally, Mamata Banerjee. At a press conference in Delhi, Home Minister P Chidambaram said that early leads suggest the Maoists were behind Friday's train tragedy in which more than 140 people were killed after a train derailed in the Midnapore ...

Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that "the needle of suspicion in the attack on the Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal points to the CPI-Maoists or a front organization for the CPI-Maoists."Last week, more than 140 passengers were killed in West Midnapore when the Gyaneshwari Express headed to Mumbai derailed about 135 kms from Kolkata. The Gya...

A young couple from Nagpur, who were returning by the ill-fated Gyaneshwari Express after a honeymoon vacation to Darjeeling, are yet to be traced.Amit Gajbhiye, an employee at a private firm, and his wife Anita, a school teacher, were among the passengers who boarded the Kurla-bound train at Howrah station.Both had spoken to their parents before l...

The toll in the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailment rose to over 148 today as more bodies were pulled out from the wreckage of the mangled coaches.